ASIFA-East

SVA MFACA 2018 Thesis Presentations 3D Animation
2018-05-02 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
School of Visual Arts Master of Fine Arts in Computer Arts screening of work by the students of 3D animation.

SVA MFACA 2018 Thesis Presentations Fine Art & Motion Graphics
2018-05-01 19:00 - 21:00 | SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
School of Visual Arts Master of Fin Arts in Computer Arts screening of work by the fine art and motion graphics concentrations.
Live Stream Available here

Best of DDA 2018 | Pratt Institute
2018-04-30 18:00 - 22:00 | Alamo Draft House, 445 Albee Square West #4, Brooklyn, 11201
BEST OF DDA is a juried film festival featuring the best senior project and thesis animation work of students in the Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute. This work was selected by a jury made of DDA Faculty members.
We will be featuring two screenings of the same program, one at 6:00pm and one at 9:00pm.

DEPARTMENT HISTORY
Pratt Digital Arts prepares and develops innovative artists through rigorous immersion in a diverse culture of excellence. Students pursue self-directed, multi-disciplinary projects in a state of the art facility guided by a faculty of accomplished working artists. Our concentrations in Interactive Arts, Digital Imaging and 3D Animation & Motion Arts emphasize experimentation and professionalism. Animation students create evocative narrative and non-narrative films using 2-D and 3-D digital animation techniques, live action and motion graphics. Recommended electives include history of animation, film criticism, traditional animation, character design, rigging, lighting and rendering, audio and video, compositing and special effects, and advanced digital animation techniques.

Screenings will be held at 6pm and 9pm. Reserve your tickets here: https://bit.ly/2Ehc1sZ.

University of the Arts Film and Animation Showcase
2018-04-29 14:00 - 19:00 | Levitt Auditorium at Gersham Hall, 401 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19147, United States
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
Screening is April 29th
Levitt Auditorium in Gershman Hall
401 S Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19147
Showtimes:
Sun. April 29: 2:00PM – Animation Show
Sun. April 29: 5:00PM – Combined Film and Animation Show
Reception to follow immediately after combined show.
All shows are free and open to the public.
(Film lineup to be announced/posted soon!)

PICTURE THIS! at Union Hall - Brooklyn
2018-04-28 20:00 - 22:00
PICTURE THIS! at Union Hall – Brooklyn
PICTURE THIS! is a new show from Brandie Posey & Sam Varela: two girls who want to push the boundaries of what a comedy show can be. Picture This! is a live comedy show with stand-ups performing while they are drawn live by some of the best animators, cartoonists, and other artists in Hollywood, CA, SF, NYC and Portland. Picture This! has also debuted in Toronto, New Zealand and Australia! The comedians don’t know what the animators are drawing and the animators don’t know how the comedians will react.
It may be weird.
It may different.
But it will be FUN!
Event Detail http://www.unionhallny.com/event/1670636
Purchase https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1670636

Figure Drawing @ The Productive
2018-04-26 19:00 - 21:30, 2018-04-19 19:00 - 21:30, 2018-04-12 19:00 - 21:30, 2018-04-05 19:00 - 21:30, 2018-03-29 19:00 - 21:30 | The Productive, 40 W 38th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
Free for ASIFA East members $10 at the door otherwise.

Paige K. Bradley Presents Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
2018-04-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Light Industry, 155 Freeman Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
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Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Hiroyuki Okiura, 1999, digital projection, 102 mins
Jin-Roh is a 1999 anime film written by Oshii Mamoru and loosely adapted from a manga he wrote—called the Kerberos series or Kerberos saga after the multi-headed hound that guarded the gate of hell in Greek mythology—which ran from about 1988 to 2009. Though the series, meticulously illustrated by Fujiwara Kamui, spawned several live action films, Jin Roh is the only animated film based on the material, and the various arcs of the story are all set in a parallel universe where Germany, rather than the US, has asserted militaristic and cultural influence over Japan in the postwar era. The foundation of Jin Roh’s story then, as often in life, is the fight for domination, and separating the dogs from the wolves. Packs of hounds maneuver around each other throughout the film: the heavily armed paramilitary Capital Police, ostensibly formed for counterterrorism operations; their bureaucrat supervisors in the Public Security Division; a Special Unit within the police force that mainly combats a radical guerilla group called the Sect; and a rumored splinter cell within the Special Unit itself called Jin-Roh, translated as “Wolf Brigade.”
The distinct realism of the film in setting, animation, and design is a marked contrast with most anime, which is far more diverse in form than it is often given credit for, but tends to hew towards the fantastical and exaggerated. Little of Jin-Roh seems unlikely, regardless of its rewind of history. The standalone feature film is also less common in anime, and the grounded political drama of Jin-Roh is exceptional in its commitment to rendering a kind of solemn, sober, postwar aesthetic generally lacking in the hyped-up, afterschool drama and flamboyant posturing of other war-centric anime such as the Gundam series. There are no heroes here. Early on in Jin-Roh, an ordinary constable in the Special Unit, a loner named Fuse Kazuki, fails to follow orders to shoot and kill a young guerilla wearing red and serving as a bomb carrier—or “Little Red Riding Hood” as they’re called—for the Sect through the city’s sewers. His superiors ask later why he didn’t shoot her first before her bomb went off, inevitably killing her anyway. His official answer: “I don’t know.” This is often how people go down, and a dog that can’t follow orders might have to be put down. When another girl who looks just like the first shows up and says she was her sister, regardless of whether that’s true, we see that she, like the rebel underground, is another challenge to the soldier, another strange, unquantifiable interruption in the orderly flow of acts and executions that the society his organization purports to defend is premised on.
The latest trend in fear is the terrorism of a lone wolf, who, thinking they can do one better than dying like a dog, wages a private war. Fuse is the lone wolf here, but rather than exacting personal revenge for structural hells, he is, instead, just alone.
When I was thirteen I was obsessed with the moment at the grave vaults a half hour into Jin-Roh, a scene three minutes later is what thrills me now. The sound in Kei’s throat, as if she were suddenly remembering something, or acting like it, then the soft click of a purse when she takes out a German edition of the story of Red Riding Hood for Fuse, “I’ll give it to you instead.” It feels impossibly soft and simple because it is. I rewound the DVD then, I slide the playback bar now, I still can’t believe it, and that’s why I want to.
Both the writer and animation director of Jin-Roh, Oshii Mamoru and Kamiyama Kenji, have helmed iterations of the lauded Ghost in the Shell franchise—for Oshii it was the 1995 film that was an early crossover of anime to the West, and for Kamiyama the 2002-2005 Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex television series. And while Ghost has been consistently hailed for addressing the advent of digital consciousness, I can’t help but think that the central question of Jin-Roh is the evergreen one: What parts of you will be allowed to live, if you want to survive? A common man, sometimes a soldier, lives and dies by hierarchy—he is dumb enough to be trained to destroy that which would love him. He is tricked into snuffing out his own candle. In war, the men are often armored, and when they stockpile safety for themselves, the woman can rebel with little to lose except life itself. She steps in front of the heavy shield that would protect her, and into the line of sight. I see her, you see her, and then she’s gone.
– PKB
Paige Katherine Bradley is an artist, arts editor for GARAGE, and a former associate editor at Artforum.
Tickets – $8, available at door.
Please note: seating is limited. First-come, first-served. Box office opens at 7pm.

An Evening with Candy Kugel @ MOMA
2018-04-23 19:00 - 22:00
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In Candy Kugel’s new film I, Candy (2018), the process of deconstructing a childhood drawing triggers the artist’s reflections on a personal history with anti-Semitism, political activism, and life choices affected by luck and determination. Displaying an encyclopedic range of animation techniques with remarkable dexterity, I, Candy is a testament to Kugel’s pioneering 45-year career in the field. Animation artist and historian John Canemaker joins Kugel to discuss her legacy as a woman artist in the traditionally male business of animation.

Pratt MFA + BFA Interactive Imaging Show Opening Reception
2018-04-22 18:00 - 21:00 | Pablo’s Birthday, 57 Orchard Street, New York, NY, 10002, United States
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Saturday morning Toonz & Booz Brunch!
2018-04-21 11:00 - 15:00 | slattery’s midtown, 8 E 36th St, New York, NY, 10016, United States
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????$6 mimosas or bloody marys
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Spectrum Festival Highlights: Kids Edition @ MOMI
2018-04-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Museum of Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY, 11106
THIS EVENT IS HOSTED AND RUN BY THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE – TICKETS HERE
Discover the diverse interests, originality and talent of young filmmakers on the autism spectrum in this unique screening of Montreal’s Spectrum Productions festival highlights. From the colorful animations of Michael Guerrieri’s Birds and the Bees to Robin Mahar’s superhero-themed Vacuum Man in Space short, there is something for all to enjoy. These are just some of the adventures featured in this delightful ensemble of short films made, starring, and directed by young autistic filmmakers.
Spectrum Productions is a not for profit that empowers young people on the autism spectrum through film. The result is a truly unique experience that changes the conversation around autism to one of creative potential.
List of shorts (not in order of appearance)
Birds and the Bees (Dir. Michael Guerrieri 1 min)
Ben and the Unicorns (Dir. Ben Reinerth 3 min)
Tyler (Dir. Tyler Pounden, 1 min)
Hungry Crocodile (Dir. Julie Myhr, 2 min)
Funny Escape from the Cops (Dir. Zoe Fellahi, 5 min)
Manatee (Dir. Aaron Itzkovitz, 1 min)
Uniters of Team NOVA (Dir. Jordan Astles, 10 min)
All about the Snoxea (Dir. Ben LaChappelle, 2 min)
Vacuum Man in Space (Dir. Robin Mahar, 3 min)
Too Many Daves (Dir. William Mitchell, 2 min)
Colours and Languages (Dir. Ellis Nassef-Goldsmith, 1 min)
Magic Mathieu (Dir. Mathieu Dutaud, 3 min)
Papersons (Dir. Brendan Giglio, 3 min)
Silly Day (Dir. Emily Petsche, 2 min)
Annoying Orange (Dir. Luca Ballarano, 1 min)
Electricity (Dir. Brendan Burke, 1 min)
Magic Man (Dir. Daniel Forcucci, 2 min)
Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / free for children under 3 and Museum members at the Film Lover and Kids Premium levels and above). Order ticketsonline. (Members may contact members@movingimage.us with questions regarding online reservations.)
Ticket purchase includes same-day admission to the Museum (see gallery hours). View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For more information on membership and to join online, visit our membership page.

GRUNT! An exhibition of works by Elliot Cowan - Opening Reception
2018-04-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY, 11354
Award winning International artist, animator and film maker Elliot Cowan invites you to attend the opening of his first solo show GRUNT! in the United States.
Elliot presents a collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and digital illustrations that chart 10 years of an Australian living in Queens and traveling through the Complicated States of America.
Images inspired by traveling though the south, New England and time spent in Philadelphia, as well as a series of Australian iconography, including tributes to Paul Kelly, Deborah Conway and Mr Squiggle.
http://www.elliotelliotelliot.com/
Opening reception is April 20 at 6pm and the show runs until May 13.
There will be drinks and nibbles and speeches and some other fun things to do.
Children very welcome.
Flushing Town Hall is minutes away from the Flushing Main Street stations of both the subway and the LIRR.
More info here:
http://www.flushingtownhall.org/event/82af25a5910223697da497e617977b55
GRUNT!
Grunting is an important part of my artistic process.
When I’m dragging cardboard out of the closet I give a grunt.
If I’m reaching across the table to drag my knife through the paper I give a grunt.
Every time I drop something on the floor I grunt to pick it up.
If I can’t unscrew the lid of the ink I gave a might grunt when I open it.
When I finish a piece and I like it, I give a satisfied grunt.
If it’s not coming together I give an annoyed grunt.
Of course a “grunt” is often seen as an unskilled worker at the bottom of the ladder, but without grunts doing all the heavy lifting then nothing would get done and I’m happy to be included in that group of diggers and haulers.
I am also an immiGRUNT.
And I am the child of immigrants.
And my wife is the daughter of immigrants and my own children are the children of generations of immigrants.
Even my parents are the grandchildren of immigrants.
And all of the work in this show was done in Queens, the world capitol of immigrants.
About Flushing Town Hall:
The mission of Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts (FCCA) is to present multi-disciplinary global arts that engage and educate the global communities of Queens, New York and New York City, New York, in order to foster mutual appreciation. As advocates of arts equity since 1979, we support local, immigrant, national, and international artists, developing partnerships and collaborations that enhance our efforts.
As a member of New York City’s Cultural Institutions Group (CIG), we serve as stewards of Flushing Town Hall, restoring, managing and programming the historic 1862 landmark on behalf of the City of New York. FCCA celebrates the history of Queens as the home of Jazz, by presenting the finest in Jazz performance. We are committed to arts education and hands-on learning, for the arts-curious, arts enthusiasts, and professional artists. We serve one of the most diverse communities in the world, and strive to uphold the legacy of inclusiveness that has defined our community since the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657.
Our Vision is to foster artistic excellence and innovation. We bring audiences together via high-quality arts exposure and experiences through programs in Jazz, classical and world music, theater, dance and spoken word, family and education programs, senior programs, exhibitions and free community events. Our multi-disciplinary programming reflects the diversity of our local community, while introducing audiences to new art forms and genres, and providing opportunities for artists to celebrate their traditional arts and create new work.
Flushing Town Hall building mission Starting in 1990, FCCA began a 9-year, $8 Million restoration of historic Flushing Town Hall (FTH), a landmark (1862) owned by the City of New York, transforming it into a thriving multi-disciplinary arts center that includes a 308-seat theater, gallery, garden, classroom and rehearsal space. FCCA joined New York City’s Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) in 1995; part of its mission is to act as a steward of this historic building on behalf of the city. FCCA is also a Smithsonian Affiliate. In 2013 FCCA completed new renovations of the exterior garden and front portico of Flushing Town Hall, and in 2014 completed an extensive interior renovation project, which included new flooring in the 1st floor lobbies and gift shop, new Heating, Ventilation and Aair Conditioning (HVAC) systems, and new floors, seats, risers, and painting of the 2nd floor theater.
FCCA bridges the past and present of Queens: Since its founding, FCCA has been recognized as the foremost presenter of Jazz in Queens, a borough that was the residence of many of the 20th century’s greatest Jazz artists, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gilespie, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, John Coltrane, and many more. FCCA celebrates this legacy not only with regular Jazz concerts featuring the masters of today, but also through the Queens Jazz Trail Map, which it developed, through the Queens Jazz Orchestra, which it founded, and through regular Jazz Jams and clinics to train the next generation of artists.
At the same time, FCCA’s programming has evolved with the community around it, with an increased focus on the arts and cultures of China and Korea in particular. To address these growing populations in the neighborhood, FCCA has formed a Chinese Cultural Committee and a Korean Cultural Committee. FCCA has also expanded its programming to include arts from Latin America and South Asia. The hallmark of FCCA’s current programming is a cross-cultural focus: works that fuse or bridge different cultures, as well as larger programs that bring together presentations of art forms from different parts of the world. This approach aims to engage diverse audiences in appreciation of each others’ rich cultural heritage, fostering a mutual respect and understanding that can help to build community, in an environment in which people from all over the globe share the same space.

Tribeca Film Festival - Various
2018-04-19 - 2018-04-29
Check out the animation program running throughout the TriBeCa Film Festival here:
https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide?genre=Animation

LoopdeLoop NYC - MYTH
2018-04-12 20:00 - 22:00 | GIPHY, 416 W 13th St, Suite 207, New York, NY, 10014, United States
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Myths. Legends. Tales of Wonder.
Come experience them all as told by animators around the globe.
You won’t want to Myth it!
Totally Free, Totally Awesome
at GIPHY HQ
416 W 13th St, Suite 207
New York, NY
For more information and to submit your own animated loop, check out www.loopdeloop.org

MOCCA COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL 2018
2018-04-07 - 2018-04-08 | ink48, 653 11th Ave, New York, NY, 10036, United States
https://www.societyillustrators.org/mocca-arts-festival

The MoCCA Arts Festival is a 2-day multimedia event, Manhattan’s largest independent comics, cartoon and animation festival, drawing over 7,000 attendees each year. With 400 exhibiting artists displaying their work, award-winning honorees speaking about their careers and artistic processes and other featured artists conducting workshops, lectures and film screenings, our Festival mission accelerates the advancement of the Society’s broader mission to serve as Manhattan’s singular cultural institution promoting all genres of illustration through exhibitions, programs and art education.
The 2018 MoCCA Arts Festival will take place April 7-8th, 2018 at Metropolitan West in New York City with programming mere steps away at Ink48 (653 11th Ave).

“MoCCA Arts Festival Announces 2018 Programming, featuring Roz Chast, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, Mike Mignola, Jaime Hernandez, Nicole J. Georges, Ann Telnaes, Anna Haifisch, Dominique Goblet, Yvan Alagbé, and more! The Society of Illustrators is proud to announce a robust and distinguished programming schedule for the 2018 MoCCA Arts Festival, taking place April 7-8. This year’s programming will take place at the beautiful Ink48 Hotel (653 11th Avenue at 48th street), steps away from our primary venue, Metropolitan West at 639 West 46th Street.

Organized by Best American Comics Series Editor Bill Kartalopoulos, this year’s programming includes spotlight sessions with all of this year’s MoCCA Guests of Honor: New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, Argentine cartoonist Liniers, MARCH co-creators Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, and Hellboy comics artist Mike Mignola.

Featured guest Jaime Hernandez will also take the stage in a spotlight session, alongside a pair of focused conversations among our distinguished international guests. Max de Radiguès and Anna Haifisch will discuss the international comics scene, and Yvan Alagbé and Dominique Goblet will trace points of connection in their recent work.

Focused panel discussions will address topics including a conversation about comics, community and career hosted by Nicole J. Georges with Jennifer Camper, Kat Fajardo, and Ariel Schrag, as well as a discussion of political cartooning and current events hosted by Marymount Manhattan College professor Kent Worcester with artists Steve Brodner, Mr. Fish, Ann Telnaes, and Eli Valley. Other panels will feature luminaries including Patrick McDonnell, Françoise Mouly, Gary Panter, Mark Siegel, Lauren Weinstein and more.

A programming schedule can be found online for Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 8, or may be downloaded here. Each programming event will last one hour, with a half hour break between programming events. Admission to programming is included with MoCCA Arts Festival admission. All seating is available on a first come-first served basis. Price of admission is $7 per day and will grant attendees access to the Fest including the Exhibitors Hall, on-site Gallery space, and programming. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door. Children under ten are free. More information about the Fest can be found here.

About the Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators: Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators and its Museum of Illustration together comprise America’s longest-standing nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration. The mission of SI/MI is to promote the art and appreciation of illustration and its history and evolving nature through exhibitions and educational programs.

The MoCCA Arts Festival is a 2-day multimedia event, Manhattan’s largest independent comics, cartoon and animation festival, drawing over 7,000 attendees each year. With 400 exhibiting artists displaying their work, award-winning honorees speaking about their careers and artistic processes and other featured artists conducting workshops, lectures and film screenings, our Festival mission accelerates the advancement of the Society’s broader mission to serve as Manhattan’s singular cultural institution promoting all genres of illustration through exhibitions, programs and art education. The 2018 MoCCA Arts Festival will take place April 7-8th, 2018 at Metropolitan West in New York City with programming mere steps away at Ink48 (653 11th Ave).”

Credit: http://fanboyfactor.com/2018/03/announcing-the-2018-mocca-arts-festival-programming-schedule/

Drink and Draw Like a Lady!
2018-04-06 19:00 - 23:00 | The Productive, 40 W 38th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
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It’s time for the best party of the year: the pre-MoCCA Fest Drink and Draw Like a Lady! http://drinkanddrawlikealady.tumblr.com/
This is our TENTH YEAR! We have come a long way and we’re excited to celebrate with you!
If you are a woman (or nonbinary person who leans toward female identity and/or expression) who writes, draws, colors, edits, markets, reviews, or enjoys comics, Drink and Draw Like a Lady is the party for you!
All ages are welcome; you must be 21 to drink.
Drink and Draw Like a Lady is organized by volunteers. Your donations help us to make the party as awesome as possible! We also welcome food, drink and cash donations at the party.
Donate here:
http://drinkanddrawlikealady.tumblr.com/
DDLL aims to be an inclusive event. We welcome all women as well as genderqueer, agender, and other non-binary people who lean toward female identity and/or expression or feel that a female-centric space is right for you. If you have any questions, please ask the hosts!
The main space is wheelchair accessible by elevator! The bathroom may be a little bit tight for larger mobility devices but does not have stairs.
Spread the word and see you soon!
Thank you to Megan Brennan of http://www.megan-brennan.com/ for this year’s amazing flyer art!
The Productive (http://theproductivenyc.com/) offers affordable coworking space in Midtown Manhattan for all kinds of workers.

Bring Your Own Animation feat. Titmouse
2018-04-03 19:30 - 22:30 | Scallywags NYC, 508 9th Ave, NY, NY, 10018, United States
Hosted by NYC ACM SIGGRAPH
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Come join us for the April installment of BYOA, featuring guest presenters Titmouse!
Here’s your chance to share what you’ve been working on with the rest of the NYC-area digital media community – and to check out what others have been doing. Come and meet other animators, exchange tips and ideas, maybe even find a future collaborator.
This month we will be joined by special studio guests Titmouse (http://www.titmouse.net/), who will give us a look behind the scenes of some of their recent work, and be on-hand to offer feedback on other presenters’ work.
We’ll be hooking up a laptop to the flat-screen so bring your work on a USB and we’ll play it. (We will not swap out the computer to play from another computer so make sure you can transfer it to our machine.)
We’ll be meeting in the room all the way at the back of the venue. Beverages and food will be available for purchase. If you do not have ID to prove you are 21 or older, you will not be allowed to purchase alcohol. College students between the ages of 18 and 20 are welcome to join us but anyone under the age of 21 that is found to be drinking will be asked to leave.

Cartoon Carnival 65: Bunnies vs. Ducks
2018-03-30 20:00 - 22:30 | Shoestring Press, 663 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11238, United States
It’s time to sit back and relax for another hefty batch of 16mm (no digital!) animated cartoons from the 1920s to the 1940s, straight from the Stathes Archives to the silver screen at Shoestring Press…
Program #65 takes place just in time for Peter Cottontail’s big day! It’s a fluffy feather-filled battle between some of the cutesy animal characters now associated with Easter—in this case, bunnies and ducks—for your attention and affection. Whether it’s Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, or any number of other one-shot and obscure characters…who will win? Hop on down and bring your fellow wascally wabbits out for a holy resurrection of ancient cartoon hoots and hollers.
Featuring live ragtime bunny hopping by Charlie Judkins for select silent-era shorts!
Show tix $10 at the door.
Light beverage refreshments available. BYO food, too!
Doors at 8pm; show starts promptly thereafter. ~Arrive on time for good seats~

Jackie Greene's Music Video Extravaganza!
2018-03-28 19:00 - 21:30 | SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
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Join musician Jackie Greene and animator Bill Plympton for the world premiere of their new animated short film, “The Modern Lives”, followed by a live performance by Greene and a Q&A with both artists.
This screening is free and open to the public. General Admission RSVPs via Eventbrite are appreciated, but not necessary, and do not guarantee admittance. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors will open approximately 30 minutes prior to the screening.
http://themodernlives.eventbrite.com/
http://svatheatre.com/events/jackie-greene-bill-plymptons-music-video-extravaganza/
It’s a perfect match of fiercely independent artists: Jackie Greene, the rocking singer/songwriter hailed by the NY Times as the “Prince of Americana” and Bill Plympton, the Oscar-nominated “king of indie animation.”
Greene has always had a knack for capturing the human experience in all its messy, emotional complexity in song, and Plympton is well known for coupling his hand-drawn animation and twisted sense of humor with explorations of adult themes, relationships and sexuality. Together they’ve created “The Modern Lives,” an animated short film that takes you on the road from a tripped-out alien invaded Times Square to the deep roots of the American South. Along the way there are encounters with Elvis, Satan, Willie Dixon, an Alabama Queen … and so much more!
The program will also feature Bill’s animated videos for Madonna, Kanye West and “Weird Al” Yankovic – and Jackie performing a couple of songs from the film and the EP that inspired it, “The Modern Lives – Vol 1”. A Q&A session with Bill and Jackie will cap off the night!

All the World's a Screen: CG in Projection & Experiential Design
2018-03-27 19:30 - 21:00 | NYIT, 6 W 61st Street, 11th Floor Auditorium, New York, NY, United States
The use of projections in theater was once exclusively the domain of the avant-garde. However, technologies have advanced and tastes have changed, and we now live in a world where every surface can be a screen.
For “All the World’s a Screen: CG in Projection and Experiential Design,” panelists from five leading-edge design groups will discuss the past, present, and future of these increasingly popular disciplines.
This event is jointly sponsored by NYC ACM SIGGRAPH and NYIT’s Department of Digital Arts & Design.
Panelists scheduled to present (as of March 12, 2018) include:
• Kevin Cunningham (3-Legged Dog)
• Victor Morales (3-Legged Dog)
• Caoyuxi (James) (3-Legged Dog)

• Robin Silvestri (Batwin + Robin)
• Adam Casini (Batwin + Robin)
• Matthew Haber (BeSide Digital)
• Phillip Gulley (BeSide Digital)
• Brian Tovar (LIVESIGHT)
• James Dick (R/GA)
• Natasha Saevo (R/GA)
Moderated by Mark Reynolds, NYC ACM SIGGRAPH.
Doors open at 7:00PM.
**This event is free. However, reservations are required to guarantee a seat. You can RSVP at the Eventbrite link below. Any open seats will be made available to walk-ins the night of the event.**

Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2026354657615567/

Awards Judging Night - Experimental Films, Commercials, and Music Videos Room 502
2018-03-27 19:10 - 22:00 | SVA Rm 502, 209 E. 23rd, new york, ny, United States
This will be a later start judging night as a class lets out at 7:10PM. We’ll be screening experimental films, commercials under and over 2 minutes, and music videos in room 502 in the main building. 5th Floor.

Funhouse, a New, Interactive Book Fair
2018-03-24 - 2018-03-25 | the drawing center, 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY, 10013
Presented by Desert Island and The Drawing Center
On the weekend of March 24-25, Desert Island and The Drawing Center will present FUNHOUSE, a new, interactive book fair at which guests can make their own books in collaboration with resident cartoonists and illustration artists. FUNHOUSE guests will interact with resident artists to create unique pages for one-of-a-kind books to be assembled at the fair. The resident artists will also have their own publications available for purchase at General Store within the FUNHOUSE fair, with games of chance, author signings, special activities, and giveaways of artists’ books. A Sideshow of talks, lectures, and presentations will be organized by FORGE. art magazine’s Matthew James-Wilson. Additional spectacles, like life-size interactive cut-outs and funhouse mirrors will provide wacky fun and photo-ops galore!FUNHOUSE artists include: Gabrielle Bell, Lilli Carré, Rob Corradetti, Joanna Fields, Laura Perez-Harris, Abby Jame, Jeff Ladouceur, Sarah Lammer, Gary Leib, Richard McGuire, Ben Passmore, Oskars Pavlovskis, Monica Ramos, Jim Schleussler, R. Sikoryak, Whit Taylor, Matthew Thurber, Thu Tran, Mark Wang, Kriota Wilberg, Kelsey Wroten, Gina Wynbrandt, and JooHee Yoon. FUNHOUSE is organized by Gabe Fowler of Desert Island and Molly Gross of The Drawing Center. The logo was created by Richard McGuire.

A selection of FUNHOUSE artists from L to R: Thu Tran, Rob Corradetti, JooHee Yoon, Monica Ramos, Jeff Ladouceur. Sarah Lammer, Oskars Pavlovskis, Whit Taylor, and R. Sikoryak. Go to our instagram feed @funhousebookfair to see work by all the FUNHOUSE artist.FUNHOUSE Book FairMarch 24–25, 201811am–5pmTickets $10 via Eventbrite here.Sideshow Talk SeriesSaturday, March 24 & Sunday, March 25at 11:30am, 1:30pm, and 3:30pmSideshow will be programmed by Matthew James-Wilson of FORGE. art magazine. Details to come. kuš! Magazine Comic Zine WorkshopsSaturday, March 24 & Sunday, March 25, 12:30–4:30pmTickets $40 via Eventbrite here.kuš! comic zine workshop, lead by artist Oskars Pavlovskis from Riga, Latvia, will be a collaborative comic drawing experience suited for participants of any age and skill level. The workshop will focus on the creation of short experimental comic stories based around the FUNHOUSE theme. Together the participants will take part in creating a unique self-published comic zine, which will be printed and assembled during the workshop and each participant will receive a copy.

Awards Judging Night - Independent 2
2018-03-22 19:00 - 22:00 | SVA 3rd floor Amphitheater, 209 E. 23rd, new york, ny, United States
We’ll be seeing you at the 3rd floor amphitheater!

Make Pictures Hosted by GIPHY Arts and bitforms gallery nyc
2018-03-21 - 2018-03-25 | bitforms gallery, 131 Allen Street, New York, NY, United States
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/225305618027375/
Make Pictures: Wednesday March 21 – Sunday March 25
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 11 AM – 6 PM & Sunday 12 – 6 PM
bitforms gallery, 131 Allen St., New York, NY 10002
Opening Reception: Wednesday March 21, 6 – 8 PM
Casey Reas and Jeffrey Alan Scudder in Conversation: Saturday March 24, 2:30 PM
bitforms gallery is pleased to present Make Pictures, featuring four web-based drawing and animation tools commissioned by GIPHY Arts and curated by artist Jeffrey Alan Scudder. Works on view and available to use include Sketch Machine by Casey Reas, Extinctr by Harm van den Dorpel, Eyemall by Withering Systems, and Boopy by Andrew Benson. Pictures created by gallery visitors using the tools will be displayed in the gallery for the duration of the show.
Sketch Machine by Casey Reas is an open source software for creating freehand animations in real time or frame by frame. The user can draw with different colored points, lines, and planes and modify qualities of the animation such as jitter, speed, and playback. Animations can be exported as GIFs and circulated online. Sketch Machine is created within the tradition of direct animation works by Len Lye and Stan Brakhage and exploratory drawing software like Kid Pix and TURUX.
Extinctr is a pixel sorting algorithm and web tool by Harm van den Dorpel that accepts any image as input, and outputs an animated vertical decomposition of that image into a pixelated mound. The user can control the speed of the dismantling procedure (scatter) and record any duration of the process to export as a GIF.
The Eyemall is a toy by Withering Systems for creating an exquisite corpse from a curated, tagged selection of human body-part GIFs in GIPHY’s database. Hands, eyes, noses, sweaters, shorts, knees, lips, and other body parts come together to form an interactive marionette-like figure; a single body made from disparate GIF parts.
Boopy is a drawing tool by Andrew Benson developed in response to the question “What would it be like if, as you are drawing, the canvas was looping?” Boopy allows the user to build complex, layered, repeating patterns from different textured brushes. It also includes a webcam feature that allows a user to reveal their image by erasing a layer with animated strokes.
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Casey REAS writes software to explore emergent systems. His work brings together conceptualism, systems theory, experimental film and animation, and drawing. While software is at the core of his practice, his work spans installation, works on paper, and live performance. Reas has been featured in exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, SF; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Eyebeam, New York, NY; Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, and others. Reas is the co-creator, with Ben Fry, of Processing, an open source programming language and environment. The project was initiated in 2001.
Harm van den Dorpel lives and works in Berlin. Selected (group) exhibitions include the New Museum in New York, MoMa PS1 in New York, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, ZKM Karlsruhe, and the Netherlands Media Art Institute in Amsterdam. In 2015, Van den Dorpel started Left Gallery, an online gallery that commissions, produces, and sells downloadable files.
Withering Systems is a small software label and umbrella for the collaborative projects of Katie Rose Pipkin and Loren Schmidt, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They aim to bring quiet and unusual digital experiences to the public in unlikely places, such as on social media, in printed material, or on the street. Past work includes inflorescence.city, the moth generator, luminous corridor, as well as many other small games, print projects, and plant-growth simulations.
Andrew Benson lives in Los Angeles, formerly San Francisco, and works primarily in time-based (often realtime) digital media. His practice incorporates 3D animation, experimental and process-driven video, software development, interactive technologies, web programming. He comes from a painting and music background and started working with experimental graphics and video as an outgrowth of performing at noise shows.
Jeffrey Alan Scudder, born in 1989, lives and works in Berkeley, CA where he spends his time programming and making pictures. Since 2017 he has presented 18 Radical Digital Painting lectures often in collaboration with other artists, at various venues including ZKM Karlsruhe, RISD, Harvard, Yale, Temple University, Rutgers, and UMASS. He has taught at UCLA and Parsons School for Design and worked at the design studio Linked by Air. Scudder received an MFA in sculpture from Yale University School of Art in 2013.
GIPHY Arts is a subsidiary of GIPHY, the GIF search engine. GIPHY Arts expands the prominence of the GIF as an artistic medium and format by directly engaging and commissioning artists, creating new distribution possibilities, and pioneering new technology. You can learn more by following @giphyarts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Awards Judging Night - Independent 1
2018-03-20 19:00 - 22:00 | SVA 3rd floor Amphitheater, 209 E. 23rd, new york, ny, United States

Womanimation! MassArt Encore Edition
2018-03-17 15:00 - 17:00
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/2119663338266987/
What is Womanimation? As the name implies, it’s a festival showcasing acclaimed animated films created by women from around the world, a celebration of the story-telling power of animation, particularly in the short form.
A special edition comes to Massachusetts College of Art and Design on Saturday March 17th at 3:00 pm in the Design and Media Center (DMC) Lecture Hall, on 621 Huntington Avenue in Boston. The event is free and open to students and the general public.
The special MassArt Encore Edition of Womanimation! features ten films from the 2017 festival along with the two award-winning films from the 2016 festival.
The program is diverse in its subjects, visuals, and geography. Nine countries are represented, in styles from traditional 2-D to stop-motion to computer animation, with themes from comic documentary to bittersweet personal drama to forays into the surreal. The festival features something for every taste.
A slideshow introducing the filmmakers will precede the program, and audience members will be given ballots to select their favorite films of the program. DJ Madame B will weave soundscapes created by women across the globe before and after the screening.
